La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini(
)10
editions published
between
1996
and
2009
in
Italian and French
and held by
1,018 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This recording contains the complete opera sung in Italian. The book contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations
in both English and Italian, and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer,
biographies of the principal singers and conductor

O holy night by Luciano Pavarotti(
Recording
)35
editions published
between
1973
and
2007
in
9
languages
and held by
898 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
O Holy Night features Christmas songs performed by the legendary tenor, Luciano Pavarotti. All songs are sung in his native
Italian tongue

La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi(
Recording
)23
editions published
between
1981
and
2012
in
4
languages
and held by
846 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This recording contains the complete opera sung in Italian. The book contains the complete text of the libretto with annotations
in both English and Italian and a critical historical commentary. The text also includes the background of the composer, biographies
of the principal singers and conductor

Le nozze di Figaro : K. 492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(
)15
editions published
between
1982
and
2011
in
Italian
and held by
789 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Contains the entire opera

The beautiful voice by Renée Fleming(
)5
editions published
in
1998
in
3
languages
and held by
704 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Fleming, Renee, soprano Tate, Jeffrey, conductor English Chamber Or

Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi(
Recording
)29
editions published
between
1977
and
2007
in
4
languages
and held by
688 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This live recording of Il Trovatore was made on a tour by La Scala in Moscow in 1964, and it has the kind of old-fashioned,
blood-red passion that was perhaps only possible with all-Italian casts. Its level of intensity, even wildness, accentuates
the plot's melodramatic qualities and makes it hugely compelling. Of the principals, only Giulietta Simionato as Azucena is
vocally inconsistent. Dramatically, its possible to forgive her since she is in fact portraying an old woman, but she doesn't
begin with performance with the ideal power, although she grows vocally more secure as the performance progresses, and by
the last act she is completely engaging, giving full voice to her character's rage. Gabriella Tucci is an utterly radiant
Leonora

Tosca by Giacomo Puccini(
)17
editions published
between
1978
and
2011
in
3
languages
and held by
659 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Book (125 p. :

Renée Fleming by Renée Fleming(
Recording
)2
editions published
in
2000
in
Italian
and held by
655 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The leading lady of opera in America performs beloved arias of the French (Massenet, Bizet, Gounod) and Italian (Puccini,
Verdi, Bellini) repertoire. London Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Mackerras

Ecce cor meum by Paul McCartney(
Recording
)15
editions published
between
2006
and
2007
in
4
languages
and held by
632 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

La rondine by Giacomo Puccini(
)32
editions published
between
1997
and
2010
in
7
languages
and held by
616 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
LONDON VOICES. LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. PAPPANO, Antonio (conductor)

La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini(
Recording
)20
editions published
between
1982
and
1990
in
5
languages
and held by
606 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"La Sonnambula" (The Sleepwalker) was first produced at the Teatro Careano, Milan, in March 1831. The libretto, by Romani,
the foremost Italian librettist of the time, sets forth a rather childish if simple and natural story of lowly life in a Swiss
village. The heroine, Amina, is a rustic damsel who walks in her sleep. Rodolfo, the young lord of the village, has just returned
from abroad, and Amina, in her sleep, enters his room at the inn. Amina's wedding to Elvino, a wealthy landowner, was just
about to be celebrated. But now the jealous Lisa, the pretty hostess of the inn, denounces Amina, and herself gains the temporary
regard of Elvino. Rodolfo proclaims Amina's innocence, but nobody believes him until Amina is seen walking in her sleep, this
time over a slim bridge above the mill-wheel. Her innocence is thus confirmed, and the conventional happy ending is assured

Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito(
Recording
)17
editions published
between
1983
and
2005
in
3
languages
and held by
594 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The elderly scholar Faust is returned to his youth by the satanic Mefistofeles for the pursuit of beauty and knowledge. In
the sordid aftermath of two failed love affairs, he reflects on the illusory nature of worldly beauty, and through a mystical
union with the divinity, dies redeemed

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1 : original motion picture soundtrack by Alexandre Desplat(
Recording
)5
editions published
in
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
582 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality
and destruction, the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore,
the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. The score is composed by Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden
Globe Nominee Alexandre Desplat

Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti(
)4
editions published
between
1998
and
2009
in
Italian
and held by
579 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This is Maria Callas's only broadcast from the stage of the Met. Hearing "La Divina" in an actual performance is a unique
thrill, and Lucia is a huge part of the palpable Callas mystique. Donizetti's bloody tale of the Scottish lass torn from her
true love and forced into an arranged marriage, only to go mad and murder her bridegroom on their wedding night, was the perfect
vehicle for Callas's wizardry. Her haunting voice simply becomes Lucia's--every facet of emotion so pronounced that we cannot
escape her spell